Weather strip



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A. A. LUNDEEN WEATHER STRIP I Filed May 16, 1925 4 4 i {a n m 22.. a 1 WW s 5' WITNESSES Q 11v VEN TOR A TTORNE Y5 Patented Dec. 23, 1924,

AUGUST ALEXANDER- LUNDEEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WEATHER STRIP.

Application filed. May 16, 1923.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, AUeUs'r A. L'UNDEEN, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York.borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Weather Strip, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention has relation to weather strips and has particularreference to a weather strip for doors, windows or other swingingclosures, the principal object in view being to provide means forsealing the lower edge of the closure when in closed position, againstthe entrance of the elements.

As a further object the invention contemplates a weather strip forsealing the lower edge of a swinging closure against the entrance of theelements which is automatically operable by the swinging of the closureto closed position to seal the lower edge and which further operatesupon opening of the closure to swing the lower edge of the stripupwardly to an out-of-the-way position whereby the same will clear thethreshold of a door, bead of a sill or other similar obstructions.

As a still further object the invention contemplates a weather strip ofthe character set forth which is extremely simple in its construct-ion,readily applicable to a door, window or other swinging closure, andwhich is highly efficient in its purpose.

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention residesin the novel construction set forth in the following specification,particularly pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved toembodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the fullextent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claimis expressed.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a fragmentary front view of a swingingclosure and closure frame equipped with a weather strip, in accordancewith the invention and illustrating a closure in closed position.

Serial No. 639,374.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View of the same with the closure partiallyopened.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view with. the closure partially opened.

Fig. 1 is an enlarged fragmentary cross sectional view takenapproximately on the line 414 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference A designates aswinging closure such as a door, window or the like, B the side rail ofthe frame and C the sill or other rail of the frame. The weather stripstructure constituting the invention includes an attaching rail 10 whichis secured transversely of the closure A in parallel spaced relation toits lower edge by screws or other fastening elements 11 which passthrough the attaching rail and are anchored in the closure. The loweredge of the attaching rail is provided with a depending bead 12 and theweather strip member 13 is attached to the under side of the attachingrail by hinges 14 which are concealed by the head 12. The means foractuating the strip member 13 to effect swinging movement of the sameconsists of a rod 15 mounted for transverse movement in bearings 16. Thecoiled expansion spring 17 surrounds the rod 15 and bears at one of itsends against the intermediate bearing 16, the opposite end engaglng witha pin or other suitable abut- Inent 18 carried by the rod 15 whereby oneof the extremities 19 of the rod is normally projected beyond the sideface of the closure which abuts the side rail B of the frame when theclosure is swung to closed position. A connection consisting of a link20 is established between the rod 15 and the strip member 13 whichserves upon movement of the rod 15 by the spring 17 to project theextremity 19, to cause the strip member 13 to be swung on its hinges atan angle with relation to the closure. The projecting extremity 19further operates upon closing of the closure to move the rod 15 in theopposite direction against the action of the spring 17 by engagement ofthe extremity 19 with the side rail B of the frame. This movement exertsa pull on the link 20 and swings the strip member 13 downwardly to asubstantially vertical position whereby the yieldable gasket strip 21projecting from the lower free end of the strip member 13 is impingedinto sealing contact with the upper face of the sill C. Upon opening thedoor, the initial movement permits the spring 17 to effect theprojection of the extremity 19 of the rod whereby a push is exerted onthe link 20 to swing the strip 13 upwardly and at an angle to theclosure whereby its lower edge is elevated to clear any obstruction suchas a threshold 1) or head of .a sill. A shield consisting of a baseplate 22 secured to the inner face of the side rail B by fasteningelements or screws 23 is provided adjacent the lower corner and saidplate is formed with a flange 24: which overlies and covers a portion ofthe attaching rail 10 and an inwardly spaced flange 25 is furtherprovided on the plate in front of which the end of the weather stripmember 13 lies when the door is in closed position. The base plateserves as a protecting surface with which the projecting end of theactuating rod engages upon closing the door. It is, of course,understood that the device is applicable to double swinging closures asillustrated in Fig. 1, or swinging closures of the single type withoutalteration to the con struction or mode of operation.

I claim:

The combination with a door frame and a hinged door thereon, of aweather strip hinged to the door adjacent its lower end, a sliding andspring pressed rod having one end projecting beyond the door when thedoor is open, means connecting the rod with the weather strip whereby inone position of the rod the weather strip will be held in an inclinedposition and in the other position of the rod, the weather strip will beswung downwardly, and a protecting plate on the door frame with whichthe projecting end of the rod engages when the door is closed, tooperate the said rod for swinging the weather strip downwardly, saidplate having a curved flange which overlies the end of the weather stripand a straight flange below the curved flange with which the weatherstrip abuts when the door is closed.

AUGUST ALEXANDER LUNDEEN.

